smithereens

blast to smithereens

To explode or otherwise destroy something into tiny, fragmentary pieces. Smithereens, first appearing in 1829 as "smiddereens," is likely derived from the Irish word "smidirín" or "smidiríní," meaning fragment. The demolition crew came in and blasted the house to smithereens.The small band of rebels didn't stand a chance; they were blasted to smithereens as soon as the loyalists had them in sight.

smash (something) to smithereens

To break or destroy something into tiny, fragmentary pieces. "Smithereens," first appearing in English in 1829 as "smiddereens," is likely derived from the Irish word "smidirín" or "smidiríní," meaning "fragment." The demolition crew brought in the wrecking ball, which smashed the house to smithereens in a matter of hours.The typhoon's gale-force winds have been smashing the village to smithereens over the last few days.

be blasted to smithereens

To be blown up or broken apart into tiny, fragmentary pieces. "Smithereens," first appearing in English in 1829 as "smiddereens," is likely derived from the Irish word "smidirín" or "smidiríní," meaning "fragment." I wish I could still go visit our old family home, but it's already been blasted to smithereens by the demolition crew.The village was blasted to smithereens by the typhoon's gale-force winds.

be blown to smithereens

To be blown up or broken apart into tiny, fragmentary pieces. "Smithereens," first appearing in English in 1829 as "smiddereens," is likely derived from the Irish word "smidirín" or "smidiríní," meaning "fragment." I wish I could still go visit our old family home, but it's already been blown to smithereens by the demolition crew.The village was blown to smithereens by the typhoon's gale-force winds.

be smashed to smithereens

To be broken apart or otherwise destroyed into tiny, fragmentary pieces. "Smithereens," first appearing in English in 1829 as "smiddereens," is likely derived from the Irish word "smidirín" or "smidiríní," meaning "fragment." I wish I could still go visit our old family home, but it's already been smashed to smithereens by the demolition crew.The village was smashed to smithereens by the typhoon's gale-force winds.

blow (something) to smithereens

To break or destroy something into tiny, fragmentary pieces. (Smithereens, first appearing in English in 1829 as "smiddereens," is likely derived from the Irish word "smidirín" or "smidiríní," meaning fragment.) The demolition crew blew the building to smithereens in a matter of seconds.The typhoon's gale-force winds have been blowing the village to smithereens over the last few days.

blow someone or something to smithereens

and blow someone or something to bits; blow someone or something to pieces

Lit. to explode someone or something into tiny pieces. (See also blow something to smithereens.) The bomb blew the ancient church to smithereens.The explosion blew the tank to bits.The explosion blew the car to pieces.

A lot of Christians I talk to have a mindset that the only way to stop Saddam Hussein is to bomb the smithereens out of his country and kill countless numbers of civilians, all in the name of God and helping the poor, defenseless people of Iraq.

Realizing that the explosive political nature of the region could blow up the proposed neo-liberal solutions to smithereens, the author dedicates the last chapter (four pages) to propose certain political agreements and social reforms by way of a conclusion.

This world was the nascently putrescent, nascently pubescent milieu of a middle-class American miss--a room full of stuffed animals, boy-band posters, pink things of all sorts--methodically spinning around and around on a circular track like a giant automatic dryer, letting gravity slam its ersatz, picket-fenced-in contents down to earth, again and again, until they were ground to smithereens.

In their view it will take at least a generation or two to restore the trust that has been blown to smithereens by leaders absorbed in their own obscene bonuses and golden parachutes rather than the well-being of the people who make it all work.

Digital Disaster at 19,000 Feet - The Polish explorer, Krystof Wielicki, dropped his digital camera when climbing the Himalayas on his latest expedition, smashing it to smithereens and damaging the memory card in the process.

But I can't help but feel Eurovision is now a place where young talent from here travels only to see their dreams turned into smithereens as they return home with only a tricolour and a sense of defeat.

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